this week also went to the 40th co commemoration of martin luther king s birthday at the lorraine hotel. even barack obama didn t go that year because he felt the need to apologize for having voted in 1983 not to make that a federal holiday. he believes that is what honor was about, admitting your mistakes. i think the message that came out over this last week is john mccain wanted to solve problems. he wanted to reach across the aisle. and that he was tired of all the bickering. but john wanted solutions. and i think in everybody s tributes and in their eulogies, that s what we heard. that he wasn t going to stand there and just because somebody says something, he would listen to you, he would listen to your complaints or your